塾

cram school, private school

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

ジュク

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

N/A

Stroke Order

14 / 14

Information

Grade:8

Strokes:14

JLPT:N1

Frequency:1297

Vocabulary

ジュク

Word	Reading	Meaning
塾長	ジュクチョウ	principal of a private school
私塾	シジュク	small private school (esp. for cramming); private school (in the Edo period, orig. run by Confucianists)
塾生	ジュクセイ	cram school student; student of a private-tutoring school
入塾	ニュウジュク	enrolling at a cram school
学習塾	ガクシュウジュク	cram school; private tutoring school

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
塾	じゅく	cram school; private tutoring school; juku
塾通い	じゅくがよい	attending cram school
音塾	おとじゅく	Otojuku (seen in names of establishments and activities related to music education)
慶應義塾大学産業研究所	けいおうぎじゅくだいがくさんぎょうけんきゅうじょ	Keio Economic Observatory; KEO
松下政経塾	まつしたせいけいじゅく	The Matsushita Institute of Government and Management

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